Press Release

Download the report (PDF) here PARIS, 28th February 2018 (VCHR) – In a new report entitled “Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review”, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) documents one of the worst crack-downs in …

PARIS, 29th January 2018 (VCHR) – The Most Venerable Thích Quảng Độ, prominent dissident and Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) received an unexpected gift today at the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery in Ho Chi Minh City where he is under house arrest – a …

PARIS, 5 January 2018 (FIDH & VCHR): Vietnam’s unprecedented repression of dissent during 2017 calls for the international community’s renewed engagement with Hanoi on human rights, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today. “The fact that the EU and the US are …

The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) joins the European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) in condemning abuses of the right to freedom of religion or belief around the world, and calls for the release of all those deprived of their freedom because of their religious or …

PARIS, 15th December 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcomes the unanimous adoption by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday 14th December of a “Resolution on Freedom of Expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa”. The Resolution was tabled jointly by …

PARIS, 29 November 2017 (FIDH & VCHR) – The European Union (EU) must urge the Vietnamese government to end the ongoing repression of peaceful dissent, repeal its repressive laws, and immediately release all political prisoners, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today ahead …

PARIS, 9th November 2017 (VCHR) – Mr. Võ Văn Ái, President of the Paris-based Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) has sent an Open Letter calling on world leaders at the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Đà Nẵng from 11-12 November to press Vietnam to uphold its …

PARIS, 25th October 2017 (VCHR) – The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) strongly protests Vietnam’s systematic crackdown on the fundamental rights of citizens to freedom of expression, association, religion or belief and the right to participate in public affairs on the pretext of protecting “national security”. Today’s sentencing …